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Different numbers in Chronological table and 1 mill. table

Why do we have different death toll estimates for the Black Death in the first table (25–50 million) and the second one (75–200 million)? Both tables specify that 30–60% of the European population died, but the exact numbers differ. Tisykfylde (talk) 15:40, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

will check--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 18:49, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Add subsections in Chronology and remove minor outbreaks, routine epidemiology

I think the Chronology section is too long and cumbersome to navigate, but could be solved easily by doing two things: first, create subsections based on time. The first subsection could cover everything prior to the 1500s, and then each subsection after would be for each century. Next, I propose to remove all outbreaks that aren't considered epidemics or pandemics. The article currently has a lot of minor outbreaks with relatively few cases and deaths, and these outbreaks make the list bloated. I've also noticed that, especially in recent years, many instances of routine epidemiology that aren't outbreaks, such as the HMPV cases in China that got a lot of attention, are incorrectly being called outbreaks, having articles made for them, and being added to this list. These should all be removed from the list as well. What do others think? Velayinosu (talk) 03:38, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I support your proposal. I would also create a subsection with all the ongoing epidemics and pandemics thomasmazzotta 10:43, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your idea is interesting but I have a thing to add.

Concerning outbreaks that aren't considered epidemics or pandemics.

We should use "reliable sources" , if no reliable sources confirm that something is a simple "Epidemic" or a "Pandemic".

This thing should be removed. Anatole-berthe (talk) 01:57, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ok for me thomasmazzotta 12:55, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

COVID IS OVER

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10969173/ A human123456 (talk) 02:16, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the source. That is one paper; I think we need to see the weight of opinion across multiple papers supporting this position before Wikipedia reflects that view. Bondegezou (talk) 09:20, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Also, this edit doesn't make much sense. First of all, the paper is from 2024, so saying it ended in '2025' doesn't make much sense, and secondly, even IF it ended in 2025, the boldface indicates the pandemic is still going on, which contradicts the claim it has ended. Some changes need to be made, in any case 2003:C6:DF24:1CB4:F94A:66FF:4DCA:2DD5 (talk) 09:53, 23 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Also, only the TITLE of the paper says it has ended, while the article itself only says the PHEIC has ended (with a wrong date even, 11 May instead of 5 May 2023). I don't think we should use this paper as a reference 2003:C6:DF24:1CB4:F94A:66FF:4DCA:2DD5 (talk) 09:54, 23 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]